Churches & Cathedrals in Hampshire & New Forest

Heritage sites also including abbeys, religious monuments in Hampshire & New Forest...

Hampshire & New Forest Cathedrals, Historic Churches, Abbeys

THE CHURCHES CONSERVATION TRUST

Churches & Cathedrals

1 West Smithfield, London, EC1A 9EE

The Churches Conservation Trust is the national charity protecting historic churches at risk. We care for over 340 historic churches that are open for you to visit and enjoy. To view image galleries, find out about opening times, read visitor comments and find out about the history of the amazing buildings in our care, go to visitchurches.org.uk. It is advisable to check individual church opening arrangements before making your trip. Telephone hours are from 9.00am 5.00pm Monday to Friday.

This red-brick chapel was built in the 1920s to house paintings by the artist Stanley Spencer, inspired by his experiences in the First World War. Influenced by Giottos Arena Chapel in Padua, Spencer took five years to complete what is arguably his finest achievement. The chapel is set amidst lawns and orchards with views across Watership Down. Admission fee please contact to confirm, FREE entry for National Trust Members.

Visitors are welcome to Winchester Cathedral, which is normally open from 8.30 to 6pm every day (5.30pm on Sundays). The first Christian Church to be built on this site can be traced back to the 7th century, firmly establishing the Cathedrals place in the history of Winchester.

St John's is the Mother Church of the Diocese of
Portsmouth, formed in 1882. On this site
is the Cathedral Discovery Centre. Within
the centre you will find a bookshop, resource
centre, gift shop, restaurant, coffee-shop,
meeting point, card shop and information centre.